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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants at enrolment

From: Evaluation of highly sensitive diagnostic tools for the detection of P. falciparum in pregnant women attending antenatal care visits in Colombia

 

Total (N = 858)

Age (years): median (IQR)

24 (20–29)

≤18 years old: n (%): n (%)

97 (11.3)

Gravidity (pregnancies): median (IQR)

2 (1–3)

Primigravida: n (%)

262 (30.5)

Gestational age (weeks): median (IQR)

22 (15–30)

First trimester: n (%)

179 (20.9)

Axillary temperature (°C): median (IQR)a

36.5 (36.3–36.7)

Fever at enrollment: n (%) a

7 (0.8)

History of fever (72 h): n (%)

85 (9.9)

Febrile: n (%) a

88 (10.3)

Municipality: n (%)

 Quibdó

394 (45.9)

 Tumaco

464 (54.1)

Address type:

 Rural

182 (21.2)

 Urban

676 (78.8)

  1. a1 missing; IQR Interquartile range